Our Chapter OSOPHE Awards Annual Academic Scholarship -Honoring Karen Evans and Past Year's Awardees
| Annual Academic Scholarship -Honoring Karen Evans and Past Year's Awardees |
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Ohio SOPHE Scholarship The purpose of the Karen H. Evans Memorial scholarship is to recognize and support community and public health education students who exemplify academic excellence, leadership and community service.  Karen H. Evans, Ph.D., was Chief of the Bureau of Health Promotion at the Ohio Department of Health at the time of her death. This scholarship serves as a tribute to, and in honor of, the many contributions Dr. Evans has made to the Ohio Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE), the field of Health Education and Health Promotion, and to other agencies and organizations such as the Ohio Department of Education and the Association of State and Territorial Directors of Public Health, which awarded her the Health Promotion Medal of Excellence in 1988. Under Dr. Evans’ leadership, the annual Comprehensive School Health Conference and the annual Health Educators’ Institute were developed. During her years with the Ohio Department of Health, Dr. Evans also initiated the Healthy People 2000 Data Capacity Assessment Initiative, served as a consultant for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Health Risk Appraisal, and provided strong leadership to public health promotion and education. Each year the scholarship committee awards a scholarship to an undergraduate student and a scholarship to a graduate student, ranging from $500-$1000. 2011 Amy Nagle (University of Toledo, BS in Community Health Education) Erin Smiley (Wright State University, MPH student)2010 Jamie Fisher Belcher (University of Cincinnati, BS in Community Health) Sara Pappa (University of Cincinnati, Ph.D. Student) 2009 Lauren Graham (Miami University Undergraduate, BS in Health Studies) Ashley Townes (University of Cincinnati, BS in Health Promotion and Education) Kristen Force (Ohio State University, MPH student) 2008 Amanda Michaud (Youngstown State Univ. Undergraduate) Ashley Berberich (University of Cincinnati, Masters of Education student) Janine Faber (University of Cincinnati, Masters of Education student) 2007 Dottie Meymann (University of Cincinnati, B.S. Health Promotion/Education) Brandy Reeves (Ohio State Univ. MPH student) 2006 James Carey (OSU BS in Health Sciences) Jennifer Bloomquist (Otterbein College Undergraduate, BA in Community Health Education) Joyce Balls (Univ of Toledo, Ph.D. in Health Education student)
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